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Calendar No. 63 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 20 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 

for fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19, 2011 

Mr. PAUL submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Budget; committee discharged pursuant to Section 300 of the Congressional Budget Act and placed on the calendar 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth the 

appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 

through 2016. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET 

4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012. 

5 (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that this reso6 lution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 


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1 year 2012 and that this resolution sets forth the appro2 priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

4 this concurrent resolution is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012. 

TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. 

Sec. 102. Social Security. 

Sec. 103. Major functional categories. 

TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

Sec. 201. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the sale of unused or vacant Federal properties. 

Sec. 202. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for selling excess Federal lands. 

Sec. 203. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the repeal of davis-bacon prevailing 

wage laws. 

Sec. 204. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the reduction of purchasing and 

maintaining Federal vehicles. 

Sec. 205. Deficit-reduction reserve fund for the sale of financial assets purchased through the troubled asset relief program. 

TITLE III—BUDGET PROCESS 

Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

Sec. 301. Discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2012 through 2016 and 

other adjustments. 

Sec. 302. Point of order against advance appropriations. 

Sec. 303. Emergency legislation. 

Sec. 304. Adjustments for the extension of certain current policies. 

Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

Sec. 311. Oversight of government performance. 

Sec. 312. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates. 

Sec. 313. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions. 

Sec. 314. Budgetary treatment of certain discretionary administrative expenses. 

Sec. 315. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 

TITLE IV—RECONCILIATION 

Sec. 401. Reconciliation in the Senate. 

TITLE V—LONG-TERM POLICY CHANGES 

Sec. 501. Policy statement on Social Security. 

Sec. 502. Policy statement on medicare. 

Sec. 503. Rescind unspent or unobligated balances after 36 months. 


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1 TITLE I—RECOMMENDED 

2 LEVELS AND AMOUNTS 

3 SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. 

4 The following budgetary levels are appropriate for 

5 each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016: 

6 (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of the 

7 enforcement of this resolution: 

8 (A) The recommended levels of Federal 

9 revenues are as follows: 

10 Fiscal year 2012: $1,887,000,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2013: $2,393,000,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2014: $2,713,000,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: $2,882,000,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2016: $3,072,000,000,000. 

15 (B) The amounts by which the aggregate 

16 levels of Federal revenues should be changed 

17 are as follows: 

18 Fiscal year 2012: ¥$8,000,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2013: ¥$335,000,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2014: ¥$354,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: ¥$407,000,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: ¥$383,000,000,000. 

23 (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes 

24 of the enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate 

25 levels of total new budget authority are as follows: 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: $121,837,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: $3,141,382,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2014: $3,220,465,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: $3,420,302,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: $3,480,625,000,000. 

6 (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the 

7 enforcement of this resolution, the appropriate levels 

8 of total budget outlays are as follows: 

9 Fiscal year 2012: $3,121,905,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2013: $3,141,404,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2014: $3,227,408,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2015: $3,359,695,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: $3,430,259,000,000. 

14 (4) DEFICITS.—For purposes of the enforce15 ment of this resolution, the amounts of the deficits 

16 are as follows: 

17 Fiscal year 2012: $574,000,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2013: $386,000,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2014: $139,000,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2015: $116,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: $19,000,000,000. 

22 (5) PUBLIC DEBT.—Pursuant to section 

23 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

24 the appropriate levels of the public debt are as fol25 lows: 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: $15,842,000,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: $16,842,000,000,000. 

3 Fiscal year 2014: $16,902,000,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2015: $17,310,000,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: $17,583,000,000,000. 

6 (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro7 priate levels of debt held by the public are as follows: 

8 Fiscal year 2012: $11,051,000,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: $11,532,000,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2014: $11,748,000,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2015: $11,942,000,000,000. 

12 Fiscal year 2016: $11,997,000,000,000. 

13 SEC. 102. SOCIAL SECURITY. 

14 (a) SOCIAL SECURITY REVENUES.—For purposes of 

15 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

16 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of reve17 nues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

18 Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

19 Fund are as follows: 

20 Fiscal year 2012: $668,000,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2013: $732,000,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: $769,000,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2015: $811,000,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2016: $855,000,000,000. 


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1 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS.—For purposes of 

2 Senate enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the 

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the amounts of outlays 

4 of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

5 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund 

6 are as follows: 

7 Fiscal year 2012: $761,225,000,000. 

8 Fiscal year 2013: $799,376,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: $842,112,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2015: $888,722,000,000. 

11 Fiscal year 2016: $939,834,000,000. 

12 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE EX13 PENSES.—In the Senate, the amounts of new budget au14 thority and budget outlays of the Federal Old-Age and 

15 Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Dis16 ability Insurance Trust Fund for administrative expenses 

17 are as follows: 

18 Fiscal year 2012: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $6,181,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $6,130,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2013: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $6,486,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $6,437,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $6,813,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $6,759,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $7,148,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $7,094,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $7,514,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $7,455,000,000. 

13 SEC. 103. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. 

14 Congress determines and declares that the appro15 priate levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal 

16 years 2012 through 2016 for each major functional cat17 egory are: 

18 (1) National Defense (050): 

19 Fiscal year 2012: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $636,410,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $641,844,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2013: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $573,332,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $585,683,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2014: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $534,771,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $554,697,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2015: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $546,422,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $546,865,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2016: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $553,892,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $548,400,000,000. 

14 (2) International Affairs (150): 

15 Fiscal year 2012: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $12,334,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $22,285,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2013: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $9,657,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $15,457,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2014: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $8,603,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $13,457,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $9,083,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $12,455,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2016: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $10,361,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $12,951,000,000. 

10 (3) General Science, Space, and Technology 

11 (250): 

12 Fiscal year 2012: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $19,605,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $19,471,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2013: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $19,923,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $19,428,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2014: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $20,279,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $19,875,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2015: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $20,682,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $19,725,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $21,134,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $19,140,000,000. 

8 (4) Energy (270): 

9 Fiscal year 2012: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $5,942,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $6,094,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $4,686,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $3,966,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $3,720,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $2,951,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $2,327,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $1,421,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $1,760,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $893,000,000. 

4 (5) Natural Resources and Environment (300): 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $24,276,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $24,783,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $23,872,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $23,860,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $24,452,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $24,027,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $24,548,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $22,826,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $25,269,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $23,465,000,000. 

25 (6) Agriculture (350): 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $14,120,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $11,501,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2013: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $14,874,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $15,703,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $15,404,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $14,806,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $14,848,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $13,846,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $15,109,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $14,125,000,000. 

21 (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $21,582,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $23,499,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $17,262,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $13,611,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2014: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $14,921,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $234,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $14,876,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $350,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $14,918,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $3,057,000,000. 

17 (8) Transportation (400): 

18 Fiscal year 2012: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $90,515,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $84,481,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2013: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $79,729,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $79,444,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $83,729,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $77,589,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $83,529,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $77,973,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $83,349,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $77,882,000,000. 

13 (9) Community and Regional Development 

14 (450): 

15 Fiscal year 2012: 

16 (A) New budget authority, 

17 $12,089,000,000. 

18 (B) Outlays, $11,846,000,000. 

19 Fiscal year 2013: 

20 (A) New budget authority, 

21 $12,145,000,000. 

22 (B) Outlays, $12,664,000,000. 

23 Fiscal year 2014: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $12,328,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $12,704,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2015: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $12,291,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $11,257,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2016: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $12,952,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $11,665,000,000. 

10 (10) Education, Training, Employment, and 

11 Social Services (500): 

12 Fiscal year 2012: 

13 (A) New budget authority, 

14 $43,956,000,000. 

15 (B) Outlays, $53,666,000,000. 

16 Fiscal year 2013: 

17 (A) New budget authority, 

18 $44,928,000,000. 

19 (B) Outlays, $47,304,000,000. 

20 Fiscal year 2014: 

21 (A) New budget authority, 

22 $43,620,000,000. 

23 (B) Outlays, $43,723,000,000. 

24 Fiscal year 2015: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $43,852,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $40,908,000,000. 

4 Fiscal year 2016: 

5 (A) New budget authority, 

6 $44,731,000,000. 

7 (B) Outlays, $41,328,000,000. 

8 (11) Health (550): 

9 Fiscal year 2012: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $324,266,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $318,273,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2013: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $327,445,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $317,497,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2014: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $308,851,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $321,320,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2015: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $342,220,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $325,147,000,000. 

25 Fiscal year 2016: 


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1 (A) New budget authority, 

2 $328,851,000,000. 

3 (B) Outlays, $328,971,000,000. 

4 (12) Medicare (570): 

5 Fiscal year 2012: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $473,609,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $473,556,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2013: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $522,624,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $522,902,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2014: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $585,031,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $584,986,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2015: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $620,383,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $620,136,000,000. 

21 Fiscal year 2016: 

22 (A) New budget authority, 

23 $681,750,000,000. 

24 (B) Outlays, $682,111,000,000. 

25 (13) Income Security (600): 


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1 Fiscal year 2012: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $362,036,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $364,046,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2013: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $347,677,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $347,144,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2014: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $349,970,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $347,342,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2015: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $351,877,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $347,489,000,000. 

17 Fiscal year 2016: 

18 (A) New budget authority, 

19 $359,279,000,000. 

20 (B) Outlays, $359,419,000,000. 

21 (14) Social Security (650): 

22 Fiscal year 2012: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $54,439,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $54,624,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2013: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $29,096,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $29,256,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2014: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $32,701,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $32,776,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2015: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $36,261,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $36,311,000,000. 

13 Fiscal year 2016: 

14 (A) New budget authority, 

15 $40,171,000,000. 

16 (B) Outlays, $40,171,000,000. 

17 (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): 

18 Fiscal year 2012: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $121,854,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $121,052,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2013: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $128,939,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $128,937,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2014: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $132,589,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $132,599,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2015: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $136,144,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $130,583,000,000. 

9 Fiscal year 2016: 

10 (A) New budget authority, 

11 $145,012,000,000. 

12 (B) Outlays, $139,264,000,000. 

13 (16) Administration of Justice (750): 

14 Fiscal year 2012: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $48,716,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $39,406,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2013: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $44,016,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $42,321,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2014: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $44,528,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $44,127,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2015: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $45,211,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $42,602,000,000. 

5 Fiscal year 2016: 

6 (A) New budget authority, 

7 $48,251,000,000. 

8 (B) Outlays, $45,423,000,000. 

9 (17) General Government (800): 

10 Fiscal year 2012: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $24,055,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $22,616,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2013: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $23,812,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $22,788,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2014: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $24,030,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $23,757,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2015: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $24,315,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $23,303,000,000. 


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1 Fiscal year 2016: 

2 (A) New budget authority, 

3 $24,537,000,000. 

4 (B) Outlays, $23,546,000,000. 

5 (18) Net Interest (900): 

6 Fiscal year 2012: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $250,328,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $250,328,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2013: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $284,497,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $284,497,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2014: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $325,920,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $325,920,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2015: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $406,639,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $406,639,000,000. 

22 Fiscal year 2016: 

23 (A) New budget authority, 

24 $449,223,000,000. 

25 (B) Outlays, $449,223,000,000. 


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1 (19) Allowances (920): 

2 Fiscal year 2012: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $43,100,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $43,100,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2013: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $51,696,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $51,696,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2014: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $65,706,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $65,706,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2015: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $73,630,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $73,630,000,000. 

18 Fiscal year 2016: 

19 (A) New budget authority, 

20 $176,769,000,000. 

21 (B) Outlays, $176,769,000,000. 

22 (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): 

23 Fiscal year 2012: 

24 (A) New budget authority, 

25 $91,066,000,000. 


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1 (B) Outlays, $91,066,000,000. 

2 Fiscal year 2013: 

3 (A) New budget authority, 

4 $95,337,000,000. 

5 (B) Outlays, $95,337,000,000. 

6 Fiscal year 2014: 

7 (A) New budget authority, 

8 $98,817,000,000. 

9 (B) Outlays, $98,817,000,000. 

10 Fiscal year 2015: 

11 (A) New budget authority, 

12 $104,737,000,000. 

13 (B) Outlays, $104,737,000,000. 

14 Fiscal year 2016: 

15 (A) New budget authority, 

16 $114,106,000,000. 

17 (B) Outlays, $114,106,000,000. 

18 TITLE II—RESERVE FUNDS 

19 SEC. 201. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

20 SALE OF UNUSED OR VACANT FEDERAL 

21 PROPERTIES. 

22 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

23 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

24 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

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1 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

2 achieve savings by selling any unused or vacant Federal 

3 properties. The Chairman may also make adjustments to 

4 the Senate’s pay-as-you-go ledger over 5 years to ensure 

5 that the deficit reduction achieved is used for deficit re6 duction only. The adjustments authorized under this sec7 tion shall be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

8 SEC. 202. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR SELL9 ING EXCESS FEDERAL LANDS. 

10 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

11 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

12 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

13 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu14 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports from 

15 savings achieved by selling any excess Federal lands. The 

16 Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s pay17 as-you-go ledger over 5 years to ensure that the deficit 

18 reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The 

19 adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the 

20 amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

21 SEC. 203. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

22 REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGE 

23 LAWS. 

24 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

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1 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

2 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu3 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports from 

4 savings achieved by repealing the Davis-Bacon prevailing 

5 wage laws. The Chairman may also make adjustments to 

6 the Senate’s pay-as-you-go ledger over 5 years to ensure 

7 that the deficit reduction achieved is used for deficit re8 duction only. The adjustments authorized under this sec9 tion shall be of the amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

10 SEC. 204. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

11 REDUCTION OF PURCHASING AND MAINTAIN12 ING FEDERAL VEHICLES. 

13 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

14 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

15 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

16 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu17 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

18 achieve savings by reducing the Federal vehicles fleet. The 

19 Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s pay20 as-you-go ledger over 5 years to ensure that the deficit 

21 reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The 

22 adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the 

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1 SEC. 205. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RESERVE FUND FOR THE 

2 SALE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS PURCHASED 

3 THROUGH THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of 

6 the Senate may reduce the allocations of a committee or 

7 committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and 

8 limits in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolu9 tions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 

10 achieve savings by selling financial instruments and equity 

11 accumulated through the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 

12 The Chairman may also make adjustments to the Senate’s 

13 pay-as-you-go ledger over 5 years to ensure that the deficit 

14 reduction achieved is used for deficit reduction only. The 

15 adjustments authorized under this section shall be of the 

16 amount of deficit reduction achieved. 

17 TITLE III—BUDGET PROCESS 

18 Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement 

19 SEC. 301. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL 

20 YEARS 2012 THROUGH 2016 AND OTHER AD21 JUSTMENTS. 

22 (a) SENATE POINT OF ORDER.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro24 vided in this section, it shall not be in order in the 

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1 tion, or conference report on that bill, joint resolu2 tion, or concurrent resolution, and amendments be3 tween houses) that would cause the discretionary 

4 spending limits in this section to be exceeded. 

5 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

6 (A) WAIVER.—This subsection may be 

7 waived or suspended in the Senate only by the 

8 affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

9 duly chosen and sworn. 

10 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

11 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

12 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

13 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con14 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

15 bill or joint resolution. An affirmative vote of 

16 two-thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly 

17 chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 

18 an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point 

19 of order raised under this subsection. 

20 (b) SENATE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—In 

21 the Senate and as used in this section, the term ‘‘discre22 tionary spending limit’’ means— 

23 (1) for fiscal year 2012, $844,373,000,000 in 

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1 (2) for fiscal year 2013, $848,710,000,000 in 

2 new budget authority and $908,598,000,000 in out3 lays; 

4 (3) for fiscal year 2014, $872,652,000,000 in 

5 new budget authority and $926,155,000,000 in out6 lays; 

7 (4) for fiscal year 2015, $891,546,,000,000 in 

8 new budget authority and $903,680,000,000 in out9 lays; 

10 (5) for fiscal year 2016, $907,553,000,000 in 

11 new budget authority and $910,501,000,000 in out12 lays; 

13 as adjusted in conformance with the adjustment proce14 dures in subsection (c). 

15 (c) ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SENATE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the reporting of a bill 

17 or joint resolution relating to any matter described 

18 in paragraph (2), or the offering of an amendment 

19 or motion thereto or the submission of a conference 

20 report thereon— 

21 (A) the Chairman of the Committee on the 

22 Budget of the Senate may adjust the discre23 tionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, 

24 and allocations pursuant to section 302(a) of 

25 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, by the 


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1 amount of new budget authority in that meas2 ure for that purpose and the outlays flowing 

3 therefrom; and 

4 (B) following any adjustment under sub5 paragraph (A), the Committee on Appropria6 tions of the Senate may report appropriately re7 vised suballocations pursuant to section 302(b) 

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to 

9 carry out this subsection. 

10 (2) ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPPORT ONGOING

11 OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.— 

12 (A) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Chairman of the 

13 Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

14 adjust the discretionary spending limits, alloca15 tions to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate, and aggregates for one or more— 

17 (i) bills reported by the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the Senate or passed by 

19 the House of Representatives; 

20 (ii) joint resolutions or amendments 

21 reported by the Committee on Appropria22 tions of the Senate; 

23 (iii) amendments between the Houses 

24 received from the House of Representatives 

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1 thority of the Committee on Appropria2 tions of the Senate; or 

3 (iv) conference reports; 

4 making appropriations for overseas deployments 

5 and other activities in the amounts specified in 

6 subparagraph (B). 

7 (B) AMOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The amounts 

8 specified are— 

9 (i) for fiscal year 2012, 

10 $117,000,000,000 in new budget authority 

11 and the outlays flowing therefrom; 

12 (ii) for fiscal year 2013, 

13 $50,000,000,000 in new budget authority 

14 and the outlays flowing therefrom; 

15 (iii) for fiscal year 2014, $0 in new 

16 budget authority and the outlays flowing 

17 therefrom; 

18 (iv) for fiscal year 2015, $0 in new 

19 budget authority and the outlays flowing 

20 therefrom; and 

21 (v) for fiscal year 2016, $0 in new 

22 budget authority and the outlays flowing 

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1 SEC. 302. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE APPROPRIA2 TIONS. 

3 (a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in 

4 the Senate to proceed to or consider any bill, joint resolu5 tion, concurrent resolution, motion, amendment, or con6 ference report that would provide an advance appropria7 tion. 

8 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘advance 

9 appropriation’’ means any new budget authority provided 

10 in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fis11 cal year 2012 that first becomes available for any fiscal 

12 year after 2012, or any new budget authority provided in 

13 a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or 

14 continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, that first 

15 becomes available for any fiscal year after 2013. 

16 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

17 (1) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) may be waived or 

18 suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote 

19 of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and 

20 sworn. 

21 (2) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the 

22 decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of 

23 this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be 

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1 thirds of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen 

2 and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 

3 the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 

4 under this subsection. 

5 SEC. 303. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—In the Senate, with 

7 respect to a provision of direct spending or receipts legisla8 tion or appropriations for discretionary accounts that Con9 gress designates as an emergency requirement in such 

10 measure, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, 

11 and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from that provi12 sion shall be treated as an emergency requirement for the 

13 purpose of this section. 

14 (b) EXEMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any 

15 new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from 

16 any provision designated as an emergency requirement, 

17 pursuant to this section, in any bill, joint resolution, con18 current resolution, amendment, or conference report shall 

19 not count for purposes of sections 302 and 311 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974, section 201 of S. Con. Res. 

21 21 (110th Congress) (relating to pay-as-you-go), section 

22 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress) (relating to long23 term deficits), and section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th 

24 Congress) (relating to short-term deficits), and section 

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1 Designated emergency provisions shall not count for the 

2 purpose of revising allocations, aggregates, or other levels 

3 pursuant to procedures established under section 

4 301(b)(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for 

5 deficit-neutral reserve funds and revising discretionary 

6 spending limits set pursuant to section 301 of this resolu7 tion. 

8 (c) DESIGNATIONS.—If a provision of legislation is 

9 designated as an emergency requirement under this sec10 tion, the committee report and any statement of managers 

11 accompanying that legislation shall include an explanation 

12 of the manner in which the provision meets the criteria 

13 in subsection (f). 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘direct 

15 spending’’, ‘‘receipts’’, and ‘‘appropriations for discre16 tionary accounts’’ mean any provision of a bill, joint reso17 lution, amendment, motion, or conference report that af18 fects direct spending, receipts, or appropriations as those 

19 terms have been defined and interpreted for purposes of 

20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

21 of 1985. 

22 (e) POINT OF ORDER.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is consid24 ering a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con25 ference report, if a point of order is made by a SenVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:56 May 19, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SC20.PCS SC20

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1 ator against an emergency designation in that meas2 ure, that provision making such a designation shall 

3 be stricken from the measure and may not be of4 fered as an amendment from the floor. 

5 (2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— 

6 (A) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be 

7 waived or suspended in the Senate only by an 

8 affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 

9 duly chosen and sworn. 

10 (B) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate 

11 from the decisions of the Chair relating to any 

12 provision of this subsection shall be limited to 

13 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and con14 trolled by, the appellant and the manager of the 

15 bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An 

16 affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members of 

17 the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be re18 quired to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 

19 Chair on a point of order raised under this sub20 section. 

21 (3) DEFINITION OF AN EMERGENCY DESIGNA22 TION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), a provision 

23 shall be considered an emergency designation if it 

24 designates any item as an emergency requirement 

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1 (4) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point 

2 of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a 

3 Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

5 (5) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate 

6 is considering a conference report on, or an amend7 ment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon 

8 a point of order being made by any Senator pursu9 ant to this section, and such point of order being 

10 sustained, such material contained in such con11 ference report shall be stricken, and the Senate shall 

12 proceed to consider the question of whether the Sen13 ate shall recede from its amendment and concur 

14 with a further amendment, or concur in the House 

15 amendment with a further amendment, as the case 

16 may be, which further amendment shall consist of 

17 only that portion of the conference report or House 

18 amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. 

19 Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable 

20 under the same conditions as was the conference re21 port. 

22 (f) CRITERIA.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

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1 (A) necessary, essential, or vital (not mere2 ly useful or beneficial); 

3 (B) sudden, quickly coming into being, and 

4 not building up over time; 

5 (C) an urgent, pressing, and compelling 

6 need requiring immediate action; 

7 (D) subject to subparagraph (B), unfore8 seen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and 

9 (E) not permanent, temporary in nature. 

10 (2) UNFORESEEN.—An emergency that is part 

11 of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, 

12 particularly when normally estimated in advance, is 

13 not unforeseen. 

14 (g) INAPPLICABILITY.—In the Senate, section 403 of 

15 S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolu16 tion on the budget for fiscal year 2010, shall no longer 

17 apply. 

18 SEC. 304. ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF CERTAIN 

19 CURRENT POLICIES. 

20 (a) ADJUSTMENT.—For the purposes of determining 

21 points of order specified in subsection (b), the Chairman 

22 of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may adjust 

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1 section (c) to exclude the amounts of qualifying budgetary 

2 effects. 

3 (b) COVERED POINTS OF ORDER.—The Chairman of 

4 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make 

5 adjustments pursuant to this section for the following 

6 points of order only: 

7 (1) Section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con8 gress) (relating to pay-as-you-go). 

9 (2) Section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Con10 gress) (relating to long-term deficits). 

11 (3) Section 404 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con12 gress) (relating to short-term deficits). 

13 (c) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION.—The Chairman of 

14 the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may make 

15 adjustments authorized under subsection (a) for legisla16 tion containing provisions that— 

17 (1) amend or supersede the system for updating 

18 payments made under subsections 1848 (d) and (f) 

19 of the Social Security Act, consistent with section 

20 7(c) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 

21 (Public Law 111–139); 

22 (2) amend the Estate and Gift Tax under sub23 title B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, con24 sistent with section 7(d) of the Statutory Pay-As25 You-Go Act of 2010; 


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1 (3) extend relief from the Alternative Minimum 

2 Tax for individuals under sections 55–59 of the In3 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, consistent with section 

4 7(e) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010; 

5 and 

6 (4) extend middle-class tax cuts made in the 

7 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 

8 of 2001 (Public Law 107–16) and the Jobs and 

9 Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003 

10 (Public Law 108–27), consistent with section 7(f) of 

11 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

12 (d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 

13 the terms ‘‘budgetary effects’’ or ‘‘effects’’ mean the 

14 amount by which a provision changes direct spending or 

15 revenues relative to the baseline. 

16 Subtitle B—Other Provisions 

17 SEC. 311. OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

18 In the Senate, all committees shall— 

19 (1) review programs and tax expenditures with20 in their jurisdiction to identify waste, fraud, abuse 

21 or duplication, and increase the use of performance 

22 data to inform committee work; 

23 (2) review the matters for congressional consid24 eration identified on the Government Accountability 

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1 (3) based on these oversight efforts and per2 formance reviews of programs within their jurisdic3 tion, include recommendations for improved govern4 mental performance in their annual views and esti5 mates reports required under section 301(d) of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the Commit7 tees on the Budget. 

8 SEC. 312. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLO9 CATIONS AND AGGREGATES. 

10 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

11 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall— 

12 (1) apply while that measure is under consider13 ation; 

14 (2) take effect upon the enactment of that 

15 measure; and 

16 (3) be published in the Congressional Record as 

17 soon as practicable. 

18 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG19 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

20 from these adjustments shall be considered for the pur21 poses of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca22 tions and aggregates contained in this resolution. 

23 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

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1 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

2 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of 

3 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 

4 Senate. 

5 SEC. 313. ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CON6 CEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. 

7 Upon the enactment of a bill or joint resolution pro8 viding for a change in concepts or definitions, the Chair9 man of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may 

10 make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this res11 olution in accordance with section 251(b) of the Balanced 

12 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as 

13 in effect prior to September 30, 2002). 

14 SEC. 314. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISCRE15 TIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

16 In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of 

17 the Congressional Budge Act of 1974, section 13301 of 

18 the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and section 2009a 

19 of title 39, United States Code, the joint explanatory 

20 statement accompanying the conference report on any con21 current resolution on the budget shall include in its alloca22 tions under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budge Act 

23 of 1974 to the Senate Committee on Appropriations 

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1 the Social Security Administration and of the Postal Serv2 ice. 

3 SEC. 315. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

4 The Senate adopts the provisions of this subtitle— 

5 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

6 the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as 

7 part of the rules of the Senate and such rules shall 

8 supersede other rules only to the extent that they 

9 are inconsistent with such other rules; and 

10 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

11 right of the Senate to change those rules at any 

12 time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 

13 as is the case of any other rule of the Senate. 

14 TITLE IV—RECONCILIATION 

15 SEC. 401. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE. 

16 (a) SUBMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFORM OF

17 MANDATORY SPENDING .—Not later than September 1, 

18 2011, the Senate committees named in subsection (b) 

19 shall submit their recommendations to the Committee on 

20 the Budget of the United States Senate. After receiving 

21 those recommendations from the applicable committees of 

22 the Senate, the Committee on the Budget shall report to 

23 the Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such rec24 ommendations without substantive revision. 

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1 (1) COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.—The 

2 Committee on Foreign Relations shall report 

3 changes in law within its jurisdiction sufficient to re4 duce direct spending outlays by $2,651,000,000 for 

5 the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

6 (2) COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND

7 TRANSPORTATION.—The Committee on Commerce, 

8 Science, and Transportation shall report changes in 

9 law within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

10 spending outlays by $1,000,000,000 for the period 

11 of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

12 (3) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, 

13 AND ENERGY.—The Committee on Agriculture, Nu14 trition, and Energy shall report changes in law with15 in its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending 

16 outlays by $229,599,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

17 years 2012 through 2016. 

18 (4) COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND

19 URBAN AFFAIRS.—The Committee on Banking, 

20 Housing, and Urban Affairs shall report changes in 

21 laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct 

22 spending outlays by $5,000,000,000 for the period 

23 of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

24 (5) COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, 

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1 Education, Labor, and Pensions shall report changes 

2 in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce di3 rect spending outlays by $467,550,000,000 for the 

4 period of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

5 (6) COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.—The Committee 

6 on Finance shall report changes in laws within its 

7 jurisdiction sufficient to reduce direct spending out8 lays by $519,693,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

9 years 2012 through 2016. 

10 TITLE V—LONG-TERM POLICY 

11 CHANGES 

12 SEC. 501. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY. 

13 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con14 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction enact 

15 legislation— 

16 (1) to ensure the Social Security System 

17 achieves solvency over the 75 year window; and 

18 (2) that includes— 

19 (A) progressive Price Indexing using a for20 mula including wage and price indexing; 

21 (B) life expectancy and longevity indexing; 

22 and 

23 (C) a gradual increase in the retirement 

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1 SEC. 502. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. 

2 It is the policy of this concurrent resolution that Con3 gress and the relevant committees of jurisdiction enact 

4 legislation— 

5 (1) to ensure Medicare achieves solvency over 

6 the 75 year window; and 

7 (2) that— 

8 (A) includes free-market based health care; 

9 (B) removes all mandates or laws require 

10 the purchase of health insurance; 

11 (C) promotes individual and family based 

12 plans; and 

13 (D) encourages interstate competition. 

14 SEC. 503. RESCIND UNSPENT OR UNOBLIGATED BALANCES 

15 AFTER 36 MONTHS. 

16 (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allocations 

17 and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution shall re18 quire that 36 months after such funds are made available, 

19 the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Sen20 ate shall reduce the allocations of a committee or commit21 tees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels by the 

22 amount unobligated or unspent. 

23 (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND AG24 GREGATES.—Revised allocations and aggregates resulting 

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1 sional Budget Act of 1974 as allocations and aggregates 

2 contained in this resolution. 

3 (c) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.—For 

4 purposes of this resolution the levels of new budget au5 thority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement author6 ity, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or 

7 period of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of 

8 estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the 

9 Senate. 


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Calendar No. 63 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 20 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Setting forth the congressional budget for the 

els for fiscal years 2013 through 2016. and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levUnited States Government for fiscal year 2012 

MAY 19, 2011 

Congressional Budget Act and placed on the calendar 

Committee discharged pursuant to Section 300 of the 


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